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s. W. WILSON. Shirt Collar Button.

No. 239,585. Patented March 29,1881.

NVPETERS. PHDTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASH'NGTON. D 04 I back plate.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE,

SAMUEL W. YVILSON,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SH l RT-GOLLAR BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,585, dated March 29, 18.81.

Application filed October 12, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it a4 concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. WILSON, of New York, in the county and ,State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt- Collar Buttons and Shirt-Collars, of which the tollowing isaspecification. I

Owing to the dilificnlty of naieing two shirtcollars of exactly the same' s iz e, and to the ya riat-ion in their length which arises from different treatment in laundering, there oftentimes is such a discrepancy between thelength of a shirt-collar and the shirt-bandasto cause the collar tofit badly, and when toolarge to show the shirt-band.

The object of my invention isto obviate this difficulty andto provide for taking up or letting out a shirt-collar, to makeit correspond with the shirt-band upon which itis worn.

To this end my invention consists in the combination, with a shirt-collarbutton having a shank for fitting in button-holes in theends of a eolla-r, of means independent of said shank for acting upon the ends of the collar adjacent to said button-holes, and servingto retain the ends of the collar in different relations to each other.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shirt-collar and collarbutton embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side View of the button with the front plate or piece thrown outward. Fig. 3 is a side View of a button of modified form embodyingmy invention. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same button shown in the previous figures, and illustrating a peculiar formation of the Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of a shirtcollar and a button of modified form embodying my invention; andFig. 6 is a perspective view of the same shirt-collar and button, showing the latter in a different position.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, A designates a shirt-collar, which may be of any desirable style and material, and which has an eyelet, a, inone end, in addition to and near an ordinary button-hole, I), and in the other enda series of eyelets, 0, arranged in a row, and in addition to and near an ordinary button-hole, d. A series of eyelets may be provided in each end of the collar.

B designates a collar button or stud of any appropriate material, having a flat shank or post, 6, a round or other suitably-shaped post, f, near the former, and a front platelor piece, g, hinged to said shank or post 6, and capable of being turned down on the end of the post f or adjusted outward into a position parallel with the shank or post 0. Theshank or post 6 may be provided with a recess, on, for the reception of the edge of the front plate when said front plate is turned up.

It desirable, there may be combined with the shank or post 0 and front plate, g, a spring for retaining the latter in position when turned down.

v Itlmay be preferable to combine with the front plate and post f a catch for fastening the front plate when turned down to the said post f. Such catch may consist merely of a notch, It, in the post fiwherein the edge of the front plate can tit, and the edge of the front plate may be notched, as at l, to embrace the notch in the post; but of coursethisis only one of a number of ways in which such catch maybe made. a The shank or post 0 is passed through the button-holes b and d, and the round post f passes through the eyelet a and through one of the series of eyelets 0, and thus retains the ends of the collar in position relatively to each other. If the collar is too long, the postf may be passed through one of the series of eyelets 0 farther from the extremity of the end of the collar in which they are arranged, and when the collar is tooshort said post f may be passed through one of the series of eyelets c nearer to the extremity of the end of the collar in which they are arranged. Where only one end of the collar is provided with a series of eyelets, the back button-hole,h, of the collar is preferably made to extend lengthwise of the collar, so as to allow of the slipping of the collar lengthwise, to admit of the adjustment of the ends, when their relation is varied, to still occupy their proper position with respect to the center of a shirt-front. After the post f is passed through the eyelets the front plate of the stud is turned down over it. The back plate, 6, of the button is preferably, in this example of my invention, hollowed out or cut 05 close to the post f, to prevent it from project in g undesirably above the shirt-band and collar ends, and the portion contiguous to the end of the collar will fit therein and tend to be precluded from pressing outward against the front plate, g, of the button. As the outer end of the collar bears against the frontplate,

, g, of the button outside the shank or post 6, it

will tend to hold the front plate in the turneddown position, and as this groovej in the post f tends to prevent the collar from pressing the front plate outward, the latter has a tendency to remain in its turned-down position.

Referring now to Fig. 3, the button there shown is substantially the same as that previously described, except that its post f has a sharp point and is adapted to pierce the ends of collars having no eyelets. In this button no catch to fasten the front plate to the post f is employed.

Referring to Figs. 5 and 6, I have 'there shown a button substantially like those above described, except that its shank or post 0 is round, but provided with a head arranged like the head of a T, to afford adequate breadth for properly hinging the front plate, g, to it. This button may be arranged with the shank or post 6 in the button-hole 1) cl, and the post flapping over the top edge of the collar ends,

By my invention I provide in a simple and convenient manner for varying thelength of a collar to suit the length of a shirt-band, so that it will nicely fit the same. I also lessen the tendency of the collar to become accidentally unfastened. I desire to remark thatI do not confine myself to the post f as a means for acting upon the ends of the collar adjacent to the buttonholes for fastening the same in position, as a clamp or other means may prove uscfulin lieu thereof.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a shirt-collar button having a shank for fitting in button-holes in the ends of a collar, of means independent of said shank for acting upon the ends of said collar adjacent to the button-holes, and serving to retain the ends of said collarin different relations to each other, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with a shirt-collar button having a shank or post with a front plate hinged thereto, of a second post, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, in a shirt-collar button, of a back plate, the shank or post 0, post f, with its groove j, and the hinged front plate, g, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, in a shirt-collar button, of the cut-away back plate, t, the shank or post 0, the postf, and the front plate hinged to the shank or post 0, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

SAML. W. WILSON.

Witnesses EDWIN H. BROWN, JOHN W. KONVALINKA. 

